US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Republicans to rally for the 2026 congressional midterm elections, telling his party members that he would get impeached by Democrats if the GOP failed to win.
“You gotta win the midterms ’cause, if we don’t win the midterms, it’s just gonna be – I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Trump told Republicans at a retreat in Washington, as per a report by reuters,
“I’ll get impeached,” the US President added flatly at the meeting at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which was recently renamed to include the sitting President’s name.
‘Figure it out’
Calling on Republican lawmakers to put aside their differences, Trump told GOP members to sell his policies on healthcare, gender, and election integrity to Americans amid growing concerns about the cost of living in the US.
While the Trump predicted that Republicans would beat the trend of sitting US Presidents losing in midterm polls, saying that the GOP was set for an “epic midterm victory”, he also groused about some members straying from his vision.
Calling for Republicans to be a “little flexible” in their approach to his administration’s healthcare policies, Trump told lawmakers, “Figure it out.”
A meandering speech
Having attacked Venezuela in a military operation sanctioned unilaterally, Trump has come under fresh pressure from political opponents, especially given concerns about rising prices.
Trump, however, did not address inflation or the cost of living directly in his 84-minute speech to Republican lawmakers, except claiming that he had inherited the problem from the previous Joe Biden-led Democrat administration.
In a meandering speech, the US President touched upon several, unrelated issues, including his wife’s advice that he stop dancing publicly, and his own frequency of playing golf.
Trump also went on to claim that there had been no homicides in Washington in the past seven months, despite a murder taking place on New Year’s Eve, and the Washington police reporting 127 homicides in 2025.
